Subject: Re: [PATCH 18/19] bootwrapper: Add xlate_reg(), and use it to find serial registers.

From: Scott Wood <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:45:07 -0600

Mark A. Greer wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 05:01:45PM -0600, Scott Wood wrote:
> 
>>xlate_reg() uses the ranges properties of a node's parentage to find the
>>absolute physical address of the node's registers.
>>
>>The ns16550 driver uses this when no virtual-reg property is found.
> 
> 
> Is this necessary?  Shouldn't there always be a virtual-reg?

None of the dts files in the kernel tree currently have such a property...

-Scott